Granulating attachment for salt-shakers.



No. 700,534. Patented May 20, I902.

J. A. MULLER, .IR. y Y

GRANULATLNG ATTACHMENT FOR SALT SHAKERS.

(Application filed Feb. 26, 1902. T

(No Model.)

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JACOB ADOLF MOLLER, JR, OF NEVV YORK, N. Y.

GRANULATING ATTACHMENT FOR SALT-SHAKER S.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 700,534, dated May 20, 1902.

Application filed February 26, 1902. Serial No. 95.716. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB ADOLF MOLLER,

Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Man hattan, in the county and State of New York,

have invented a new and Improved Granu lating Attachment for Salt-Shakers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de the body of the shaker the agitator will eX-- tend within the said body and will serve to hold the cap in place without resorting to a thread, as is customary, and, furthermore, to 7 so construct the agitator that upon the slightest turn of the cap forward or backward the agitator will break up or granulate any salt which may have become clogged in the body of the shaker.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a spring-agitator for salt-shakers which may be made an integral portion of the cap, and which will be simple, durable, and effective in operation, and which may be readily inserted in or removed from the body portion of the cap.

The invention consists in the novel con-l struction and combination" of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the body of a salt-shaker and its cap provided with the improved agitator, the latter being removed from the body. Fig. 2 is a vertical section throughthe salt-shaker, showing the agitator in side elevation and in position in the body of the shaker. Fig.3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, the cap, however, being shown removed from the body of the shaker and the agitator as partially withdrawn from the said body. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the cap and attached agitator, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the agitator removed from the cap.

face one another.

10 and two intermediate loops 11 and 12,

which extend downward from the ends of the loops and cross each other at or near their centers with an open twist 13, as is shown particularly in Figs. 3 and 5. The ends of the wire are carried from the lower ends of the intermediate members 11in an upward direction, forming two side members 14:, which These side members extend to a point opposite the twist 13 in the intermediate members 11 and 12 or to a point slightly above such twist, and the upper end portions 15 of the side members 14 of the agitator are inwardly curved.

The loop-section 10 of the agitator may be soldered directly to the under central portion of the cap B; but preferably the agitator is attached to the cap throughthe medium of an arched or curved plate 16, (shown best in Fig. 5,) the said plate having a channel 17 in its upper central portionQreceiving the loop '10, and the plate 16 is further provided with apertures 18, adapted to register with the central group of perforations 19, produced in the upper portion of the cap B.

The interlocking connection between the members 11 and 12 of the agitatorlimits their outward movement and yet permits the side members 14 to be carried in direction of each other and the lower portion of the agitator be thereby decreased in width in order that the agitator may be readily entered into the mouth of the bodyAof thefshaker, as is shown inFig. 3. Y 1

When the agitatorhas been ,passed down into the body to such an extent that the upper curved ends of the agitator engage-with the inner side wall of the body adjacent to the mouth, the agitator will slip farther downward of its own accord, and the side members will spring out to an engagement with the inner side wall of the body at a point slightly below the mouth, as shown in Fig. 2, thus holding the cap 13 upon the body around the collar 04 thereof, obviating the necessity of screwing the cap on the collar.

It will thus be observed that the cap B may be readily turned on the body, carrying the members of the agitator within the body backward or forward, according to the direction in which the cap is turned, which movement of the lower portion of the agitator will thoroughly break up or granulate any salt that may become packed in the body. It is also evident that under the construction above set forth the agitator and cap may be quickly and conveniently removed for purposes of cleansing or for filling the body of the shaker with material.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In salt-shakers, a cap having an attached agitator constructed of spring-wire, the Wire being bent upon itself to form intermediate downwardly-extending members crossing one another with an open twist, and upwardlyextending side members, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In salt-shakers, a cap and an agitator attached to the under face of the cap, said agitator being constructed of spring-wire of suitable gage bent upon itself to form an upper loop, and intermediate members extending downward from the ends of the loop, crossing one another with an open twist, and side members carried up from the lower ends of the intermediate members to a point opposite the twist, the upper ends of the side members having an inward curve, as and for the purpose specified.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, an agitator for the caps of salt-shakers and similar vessels, consisting of a piece of springwire of suitable gage bent upon itself to form an upper loop member, intermediate members extending downwardly from the ends of the loop member crossing each other with an open twist, and side members extending from the lower ends of the intermediate members to a point near the twist, the side members being opposite each other and having their upper ends inwardly and upwardly curved, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination with a cap for a saltshaker or similar vessel, of an agitator constructed of spring-wire and comprising an upper loop member, intermediate members extending downwardly from the ends of the loop member, crossing one another with an open twist,and upwardly-extending side members having their upper extremities inwardly curved, and a plate for attaching the agitator to the cap, which plate is provided with a central channel receiving the loop member of the agitator, and with apertures adjacent to said channel, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB ADOLF MOLLER, JR.

Witnesses:

JNo. M. BITTER, 13. GAYURsAN. 

